Kai Fu Han

Chapter 201
The Xinghan League's fleet also gradually approached, and the distance between the two ships was reduced to 300 steps ([-] meters).

The loud noise of "Boom!" even Liu Xinqi, who was dozens of steps away from the artillery, felt it was deafening.

I saw a water column suddenly rising from the sea a few steps away from the port side of the front ship of the Matsuura Party. The water column rose into the sky and was two or three feet high.

"This black gunpowder is not very powerful, but the sound effect is not bad." Liu Xinqi muttered.

"It's a pity, I didn't get it right." Jiao Rui sighed from the side.

"The front-mounted smoothbore cannon has poor accuracy, and due to the fluctuations of the waves, it is considered lucky to be able to hit one out of ten cannons at this distance." Liu Xinqi said, and then continued the order: "Stop the fleet and let the Qingzhou continue. Use artillery to bombard the other ships, with the Qingzhou as the forward station, forming two columns, preparing to meet the enemy."

"Yes!" Li Cang answered the order loudly.

Two columns are used to prevent the ships from being attacked on both sides. One side of the ship is one's own ship, and the people on board can concentrate on responding to the attack on one side, reducing the disadvantage of being injured when fighting off the ship.

"boom!"

Thirty breaths after the first loud noise, there was another loud noise from the Qingzhou ahead.

This time we were very lucky. The shell hit the mast of a ship. The mast was directly broken and fell on the deck. It did not crush a few people, but the sails came down and covered most of the ship's deck, causing chaos on the deck. .

"This luck is really invincible. The second shot was successful. This gunner has made a great contribution." Liu Xinqi praised.

"Yes, although the damage is not great, it has a huge impact on the enemy's morale." Jiao Rui agreed from the side.

Indeed, as Jiao Rui said, after this shot, the Matsuura Party ships that had been leaving the port to join the array just now seemed to have been pressed on the pause button, and the ships that were still on the shore immediately stopped leaving. shore movements.

The Matsuura Party fleet gathered together on the seaway also caused some commotion. Liu Xinqi obviously saw that the sailors on the deck of the morning boat couldn't help but look at the Guan ship whose mast was shot off, and they were at a loss.

"boom!"

Thirty breaths later, there was a third loud bang, and the closed ship whose mast had been broken before was hit again, this time hitting the upper part of the ship's side head-on. For a while, limbs and arms were flying around, screaming again and again, which was extremely bloody.

Liu Xinqi was stunned when he saw it: "This luck..., was the bad luck in the previous month because all the luck was accumulated in these two cannons?"

At this moment, Li Cang just finished delivering the order and came to the bow deck. He also saw the effect of this cannon and asked in surprise, "Is this cannon so powerful?"

"If you hit it right, it will be so powerful." Liu Xinqi didn't know how to explain it.

Liu Xinqi had seen the artillery on the Qingzhou. It was very simple. It was just a barrel placed on a sandbag. There was no gun carriage or artillery retraction mechanism. The recoil was absorbed entirely by the sandbag and the triangular wood at the rear of the gun. You have to adjust the barrel before firing a shot. There is no shooting accuracy at all. Aiming depends on visual inspection and experience.

Moreover, this artillery had just been invented and manufactured, and the gunner had no experience at all.

So in the final analysis, the accuracy of these two shots was [-]% due to luck. "What a subversive weapon!" Li Cang sighed: "If there are hundreds of these artillery pieces, our Xinghan League fleet will be invincible and invincible at sea."

"That's right, there are hundreds of artillery pieces. Before the enemy gets close, they will be beaten to a pulp by us, and the ship will sink and everyone will die." Jiao Rui followed.

Liu Xinqi was also happy when he saw the two people highly respecting artillery: "So, science and technology are the primary productive forces and the most powerful weapons. As military managers, you must strengthen the cultural knowledge of military officers and soldiers, and you must not relax at all times. Let’s just say that this cannon can be fired more accurately and precisely if one masters the knowledge of parabolas in mathematics.”

"Yes! Leader, from now on I will definitely keep an eye on those 'lazy idiots' to learn more about cultural knowledge. If anyone doesn't study hard, I will make him clean toilets and wash other people's stinky socks!" Li Cang responded.

"Hahahaha!" Li Cang's punishment method made Liu Xinqi and Jiao Rui laugh.

"boom!"

While several people were chatting, the fourth cannonball was fired. This time, the good luck may have run out. The shell hit the side of a small morning boat on the sea. Although it did not hit the ship, the water column rising into the sky still hit the small boat. Most of the deck of the early boat was wet, which acted as a deterrent.

"Leader! Look, there is a small boat coming this way with a white flag." Jiao Rui reminded.

Liu Xinqi looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough he saw a small boat leaving Hirado Port, with a white flag hanging on the top of the mast, heading towards the fleet of the Xinghan League.However, with the appearance of this small boat, the early boats docked on the shore started to move again and continued to gather towards the boat array.

Considering that this may be the enemy's delaying strategy, allowing the enemies to gather together and eliminate them together will reduce subsequent troubles and increase the right to speak after victory.

Thinking of this, Liu Xinqi immediately ordered:
"Order! Qingzhou stop shooting!"

"Yes!" Li Cang walked away and went to convey the order to the signalman.

Thirty breaths later, there was no more cannon fire, and Liu Xinqi knew that the order had been conveyed.

The Qingzhou was asked to stop firing because the deterrent effect of this artillery had reached its limit. Continuing to fire would expose the artillery's poor shooting accuracy, so it was better to stop and let the enemy on the opposite side continue to misunderstand.As of the first shot, two of the four shots have been hit, with a hit rate of [-]%. This data is quite terrifying, very scary, and full of deterrence.

After the boat approached, Liu Xinqi saw Zong Laimao on the boat.

The first words Zong Laimao said when he boarded the deck of the Qizhou: "Leader Liu, you told me before that you came to Hizen Country on September [-]th, and today is September [-]th."

"I thought Hizen Country was far away from Tsushima Island and it would take two days to travel, so I set out one day in advance. I didn't expect it to be so close and arrive in one day." Liu Xinqi opened his eyes and told lies.

Of course Zong Laimao didn't believe it, but they were all smart people. As long as there were steps, they could follow them: "Leader Liu is not familiar with the Japanese country, which is understandable. But I have almost convinced the Matsuura Party to allow you to enter Hong Kong for trade normally. You can do it in advance." My visit directly disrupted my negotiation process, so what should I do?"

"It's okay, I wonder what the Matsuura Party's current intentions are?" Liu Xinqi asked directly without giving Zong Laimao a chance to raise the price.

Seeing Liu Xinqi's obvious use of force to suppress others, Zong Laimao could only stop his "praising his merits" and start to truly convey the words of the Matsuura Party to the Xinghan League.

(End of this chapter)